Barrios to burbs

Agius Vallejo, Jody.

Barrios to burbs the making of the Mexican-American middle class / [electronic resource] : Jody Agius Vallejo. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012. - xiv, 231 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Class, assimilation, and Mexican Americans -- Mexican Americans yesterday and today -- From the barrio to the Middle America : divergent class backgrounds and pathways into the middle class -- Family obligations, giving back, and middle-class individualism -- Mexicans or coconuts : middle-class minority and American identities -- Ethnic professional associations and the minority culture of mobility -- Conclusion : the new American middle class.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2011.
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Middle class Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans--Social conditions.
Social mobility--United States.


Electronic books.

E184.M5 / A64 2012eb

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